Harriet Tubman
By Ann Petry
About the Book
Harriet Tubman Conductor on the Underground Railroad is about Harriet Tubman helping slaves escape to the North so, they can be free. She goes through many obstacles, one obstacle is that she is wanted for helping slaves. The Fugitive Slave Law makes it worst for her because, she has to take the fugitive slaves farther North and sometimes she didn't know the path she was taking.
About Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an African American female. She had a scar on her forehead. She got the scar trying to help a slave escape, the overseer ran after the slave but he threw a brick and the brick hit Harriet on her head. Sometimes Harriet had to wear male clothing so people couldn't recognize her. Sometimes she wore a bonnet so people wouldn't see the deep scar on her forehead that was very recognizable .
Timeline
1820 - Harriet was born
1826 - Harriet was hired out to the Cooks
1844 - Harriet married John Tubman who was a free man
1849 - Harriet ran away to go North and got to Philadelphia
1857 - Harriet took her parents with her up North
1859 - John Brown was hanged in Charlestown, Virginia
1913 - Harriet dies